<span>The events in "Water Never Hurt a Man" changed John by the end of the story because:
He becomes more confident in his ability to be a driver boy on the canal.
From a boy who is constantly afraid of being scolded and doing his tasks wrong, John becomes more like his father. He became more confident in doing his tasks and his mindset changed which has been evident in him saying "</span><span>"Water never hurt a man; it keeps his hide from cracking."</span>
The way to write the sentence: "The store was freezin" as an absolute frase would be: The store freezing, we need to leave it quickly. Or We need to leave quickly, the store freezing.
An absolute phrase consists on a phrase that modifies a noun in a sentence, but it is not connected to the sentence by a conjunction. It is separated with a comma only, and it could be removed from the sentence without changing the meaning of the sentence. An absolute phrase tends to contain a participial.
Explanation:
Both are very wrong, sorry.
